Slade Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,859 people in Slade Point of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Slade Point was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Slade Point aged 15 years and over, 45.7% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Slade Point was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Slade Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Slade Point was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Slade Point 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 21.3% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Slade Point were Australian 31.4%, English 26.2%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.3% and German 5.2%.

In Slade Point, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, England 2.5%, Philippines 0.8%, Germany 0.7% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Slade Point, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Slade Point were No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 22.4%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Slade Point 89.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Tagalog 0.4%, Thai 0.3%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.2% and Maori (New Zealand) 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,976 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Slade Point. Of these 65.9% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Slade Point, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Slade Point was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Slade Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Labourers 13.5%, Professionals 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Managers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Slade Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 7.4%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Slade Point was $675.

In Slade Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.2%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus 3.1%, Truck 1.5% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Slade Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Slade Point, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Slade Point, 46.8% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Slade Point 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Slade Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,345 and those without children was $2,210.

Employment status of couple families

In Slade Point, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Slade Point, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Slade Point, 89.1% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Slade Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Slade Point, 27.3% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 32.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Slade Point, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Slade Point, 18.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Slade Point, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Slade Point, there were 409 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 189 (or 46.2%) were male and 220 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Slade Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,174.

In Slade Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $227 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,059.